Sports! Austrailians love to play rugby, cricket, football, motor racing, golf and horse racing. The Austrailians take sportsmanship very seriously. It is tradition to help one another on a team, and be a great team player. ART! integrates the art and culture of the Natives with more modern art. Austrailia is famous for their film making. They came out with the first feature film in the world! Today their film production is very successful and its very popular to watch movies made there. Today the film, "The Story of Kelly Gang", the first feature film, is a main attraction for tourists and natives.
BEACH AND BARBEQUE! Most Austrailians live near the coast because the center of Austrailia is not suitable to live in, due to the vast area of the Outback. Since most of the populations live near the beach they enjoy going to their beautiful beaches and participating in activites that most americans do while living by the beach, like barbeques. Sydney, Australia
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Film
Australian film industry dates back to the late 1890's (silent films), yet the interest from overseas in their films did not come until the 1970’s.
It is estimated that making a feature film in Australia is about one tenth the cost of doing it in Hollywood.
Paul Hogan’s movies include "Crocodile Dundee 1 & 2", "Lightning Jack", "Almost An Angel" & "Flipper".
In 1956, the first pictures on a television overshadowed radio in Australia.
Some of the first Australian series dramas were "Bellbird", "No. 96", "Skippy", "Homicide", "Matlock".
The first Australian music shows were "Six o'clock Rock" & "Bandstand".
Black and white TV was viewed by 98% of the population in 1970. In 1975, color TV was introduced to Australia.
"This Day Tonight" was the beginnings of the current affairs shows in Australia (www.australianaustralia.com).
The most popular television shows in the 1990's were:
Friends
ER
60 Minutes
A Current Affair
This Is Your Life
Mr. Bean Married
With Children
Hey Dad
Home Improvement
"Pulp Fiction" stayed in the top 40 video rental charts for 22 weeks, while "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Shawshank Redemption" came in second and third respectively during the 1990's.
The most rented video in Australia in 1997 was "The Long Kiss Goodnight", followed by "The Rock" and "Ransom".
The annual attendance per person in Australia to the cinema is 3.9 times, compared with 2.0 for the UK and a whopping 35.3 times in Lebanon.
Australian actress Nicole Kidman's biggest movies were- "Batman Forever", "Days Of Thunder" and "The Peacemaker."
Australian Actor Mel Gibson's biggest movies were- "Lethal Weapon 3", "Ransom", "Lethal Weapon 2" and "Braveheart" (www.dingoblue.net).
The highest grossing films of all time in Australia are:
Crocodile Dundee (48m)
Babe (36m)
Jurassic Park (33m)
ET (32m)
Forrest Gump (31m)
Independence Day (30m)
Star Wars (30m)
Titanic (29m)
The Lion King (27m)
Mrs. Doubtfire (26m)
Music
The most popular song of all time in Australia is "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. "Everything I Do" by Bryan Adams is second, and "Hey Jude" The Beatles third.
Slim Dusty had the first No. 1 hit single in Australia, back when the first charts were started here in 1958. Slim dusty is a country music legend in Australia & has the world record for the longest recording contract with the same company: fifty years.
The top three most successful bands in Australia in order are Dire Straits - "Love Over Gold", Fleetwood Mac - "Rumours", Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin 2".
The Beatles song "She Loves You" stayed in the Australian charts for 42 weeks back in 1963.
Austrailians love to play rugby, cricket, football, motor racing, golf and horse racing. The Austrailians take sportsmanship very seriously. It is tradition to help one another on a team, and be a great team player.
ART!
integrates the art and culture of the Natives with more modern art. Austrailia is famous for their film making. They came out with the first feature film in the world! Today their film production is very successful and its very popular to watch movies made there. Today the film, "The Story of Kelly Gang", the first feature film, is a main attraction for tourists and natives.
BEACH AND BARBEQUE!
Most Austrailians live near the coast because the center of Austrailia is not suitable to live in, due to the vast area of the Outback. Since most of the populations live near the beach they enjoy going to their beautiful beaches and participating in activites that most americans do while living by the beach, like barbeques.
LANCE+TOM
Film
- Australian film industry dates back to the late 1890's (silent films), yet the interest from overseas in their films did not come until the 1970’s.
- It is estimated that making a feature film in Australia is about one tenth the cost of doing it in Hollywood.
- Paul Hogan’s movies include "Crocodile Dundee 1 & 2", "Lightning Jack", "Almost An Angel" & "Flipper".
- In 1956, the first pictures on a television overshadowed radio in Australia.
- Some of the first Australian series dramas were "Bellbird", "No. 96", "Skippy", "Homicide", "Matlock".
- The first Australian music shows were "Six o'clock Rock" & "Bandstand".
- Black and white TV was viewed by 98% of the population in 1970. In 1975, color TV was introduced to Australia.
- "This Day Tonight" was the beginnings of the current affairs shows in Australia (www.australianaustralia.com).
The most popular television shows in the 1990's were:The highest grossing films of all time in Australia are:
Music
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